Rajgir in context: Street-network sprawl trends

Rajgir in context

45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
45678<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RajgirBihar (Region)India (Country)

The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Rajgir plotted against Bihar and India. All three follow the same trend in new construction, suggesting a shared regional pattern of development. Most recently, Rajgir's incremental SNDi rose from 4.21 to 7.61 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Rajgir ranked 177th out of 264 cities in Bihar and 1506th out of 1868 in India as of 2020.

New Street Additions (2006–2020)

SNDi value
7.61
Rank in India
1632nd of 1868
Rank in Bihar
223rd of 264

Entire Network (Aggregate)

SNDi value
5.05
Rank in India
1506th of 1868
Rank in Bihar
177th of 264

Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.

What about similarly populated cities?

36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of street additions
36912<19751976–19901991–20052006–2020SNDi of entire street network
RajgirNabarangapurNgungu Centre

In new street additions, Rajgir and Ngungu Centre both fluctuated in its street-construction patterns, while Nabarangapur fluctuated in its street-construction patterns. For the full network, Rajgir fluctuated in connectivity, while Nabarangapur fluctuated in connectivity and Ngungu Centre grew more disconnected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then improved. Rajgir and Nabarangapur have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.